Appointment of adjudicator in absence of agreed appointment
28 Appointment of adjudicator in absence of agreed appointment
If an application for adjudication is served on a prescribed appointor the appointor, within 5 business days after being served, must —
appoint a registered adjudicator to adjudicate the payment dispute concerned; and
send the application and any response received by it to the adjudicator; and
notify the parties in writing accordingly; and
notify the Building Commissioner in writing accordingly.
If a prescribed appointor does not make an appointment under subsection (1) the Building Commissioner may appoint a registered adjudicator to adjudicate the payment dispute concerned.
If the Building Commissioner makes an appointment under subsection (2), the Building Commissioner must —
notify the prescribed appointor in writing accordingly and require the appointor to serve the application and any response received by it on the adjudicator appointed by the Building Commissioner; and
notify the parties in writing accordingly.
[Section 28 amended: No. 16 of 2011 s. 128(6); No. 55 of 2016 s. 10.]
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